The grant will cover half of the cost of tuition and fees for LCC's fall Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT)-Intermediate students associated with area agencies.

Sherwood has worked with area chiefs, recruited students, scheduled courses, taught classes, and wrote grants to help cover tuition costs.

Lamar Community College has longstanding partnerships with fire and ambulance agencies in its service area.

Sherwood and the LCC Foundation teamed up with the mantra of "if we don't find EMT scholarship funds, citizens will suffer."

The college is in its second year of a two-year Daniels Fund Boundless Opportunity Scholarship Grant, and most of the funds are dedicated for EMT scholarships. This is LCC's fourth Daniels Fund grant to cover EMS coursework.

In 2013-2014, the Foundation raised scholarship funds with a Kaiser Permanente challenge grant, along with individual donors, netting $19,650 to be used for EMT, Nurse Aid, and Nursing scholarships.

Since most EMTs are volunteers, individuals may have to cover their own costs without a promise of future compensation. Recent federal regulation changes make most EMS courses ineligible for state or federal financial aid.

LCC also plans to offer an introductory EMT course during spring semester for those interested in becoming a first level EMT.

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